Departure of male olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) from a nearshore breeding ground

Herpetologica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-7

  Plotkin, Pamela T ^a,c   Owens, David Wm ^a   Byles, Richard A ^b   Patterson, Rhonda ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding ground; Lepidochelys olivacea; Reproductive behavior; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002152892     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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